About this piece
Lot of 3 original vintage family photographs. The anchor is a 1940s sepia studio portrait of a smiling baby in a white smocked dress, stamped on the back by the Chesshire studio, Second Floor, Boggs & Buhl (the Pittsburgh department store), with a pencil order number and the name Vivian Jackson written in ink. Also included: a snapshot of two toddlers in spring coats, bonnets and white socks in a yard below clapboard houses, and a 1950s black-and-white school portrait of a freckled, gap-toothed girl with a curled bob, lace-trimmed blouse and black ribbon tie. Sizes about 2.7 x 3.9, 3.4 x 4.8 and 5.1 x 7.2 inches. Condition: small crease at the lower left and corner wear on the baby portrait; light toning on the snapshot; the school portrait is in good condition.
From a family photo album from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, purchased at auction in Canfield, Ohio.
A named Pittsburgh department-store studio photo for Pittsburgh history, genealogy and vernacular photo collectors.
From a family photo album from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, purchased at auction in Canfield, Ohio.
A named Pittsburgh department-store studio photo for Pittsburgh history, genealogy and vernacular photo collectors.
